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  • Machinist@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Hate those fucken assholes. Pavement princess driving motherfuckers.

    It literally takes less than 30 seconds to bend down, pull the cotter clip, pull the pin, and toss the hitch end in the bed. Saves the shins and kneecaps of yourself and everyone else.

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      2 months ago

      I had an uncle that would quite literally do that and throw the hitch(es) into the bed of the truck every single time he walked through a parking lot. If he had to do that to multiple trucks before getting to the store so be it.

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      2 months ago

      Knew someone who deliberately left it out because they thought it would help mitigate someone nudging into their backend.

      To their credit, it actually worked once, someone got a hitch sized hole in their front bumper for a low speed collision.

      On the other hand, this person also kept banging their own shin on their tow hitch… But they thought it was worth it anyway…

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          To this person’s credit, they always seemed to take backing up seriously and slowly and kept quite a distance from everyone… also very carefully parked as straight as possible, and never over any of the lines. Still since they only tow about once a week, it’s kind of silly to have that hitch in all the time.

          Unlike another colleague who doesn’t have a tow hitch, but always pushes his luck and has on occasion given a nudge to a parked car with his pickup, and never parks straight and usually parks over the middle lines…

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    2 months ago

    Had to take the hitch off my little convertible. That motherfucker is a TRAP! You will never see it that low, never suspect it’s there, then your shin is bleeding out.

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      2 months ago

      Because it’s literally impossible for these assholes to fit their unnecessary behemoths into a real parking spot. The same people who own these complain about parking spots being small, parking garage ceilings being too low, and gas being too expensive. They act like it’s society’s fault. Fucking chuds

      • MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I was at a family party where this guy with the largest pickup I’d ever seen constantly complained about how expensive gas was and how it was Biden’s fault. It quickly became apparent that he only drove the thing the hour drive back and forth from his office job. Truck looked like new despite being a couple years old, save for highway tire wear.

        Why on earth does he think we should all subsidize his absurd and impractical vehicle’s fuel? And I’m sure he complains about entitled people on welfare.

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      2 months ago

      this is such a stupidly pathetic insult that really just pisses me off to no end when people say it. hell it’s not even an insult, it’s just stupid and always has been… might as well just make fun of people for skin colour and gender.

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        2 months ago

        It was always about making fun of insecure masculinity, which is a very outsized problem in our current moment. But I do think you’re right and I’ll start calling out that instead. ✌️

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        2 months ago

        it’s not even an insult, it’s just stupid and always has been

        I agree with you.

        But you know who doesn’t agree with us? Aggressive hateful bigoted trumper assholes. And when you throw such a non-insult their way, it is their own hate and prejudice that turns it into something they take as an insult. At best it shines a light on the shitty attitude by turning it against the wielder, and at worst it gives the targets of their shit a little catharsis.

        Even with the more tame versions, like “emotional support truck,” I assume we agree that a person who needs and responds well to an emotional support animal are not bad people. But you know who loves to assume that anything like that is a some kind of character flaw? Aggressive hateful bigoted trumper assholes. :)

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Those aren’t a choice. Driving a pavement princess 100% is.

        They usually try to justify it with the loose excuse of hauling or towing things, that they do maybe twice a year. It’s pathetic.

        The ones that actually get used regularly for their design are obvious, because they’re beat up from use. And from my experience, they also tend to be the ones that don’t park like this. Likely because backing in means you can’t actually load anything in the bed.

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          2 months ago

          I don’t give a damn about the trucks/drivers. Insult them all you want. don’t use body parts as insults. it’s no different then using skin color, or saying someone is a lesser human because they have small tits or if their balding they are a weak human…

          they are bad insults that make innocent people feel inferior for no reason.

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          2 months ago

          When I was working a Lowe’s I had loads of princesses rolling through with monster trailers, hauling tons of rock and lumber.

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        2 months ago

        Damn you got triggered lol

        If you get this upset by everything you hear and don’t like online, you’re in for a rough life bud.

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          2 months ago

          I’m halfway done life. dosoent mean you can’t talk about things that you feel society should stop doing.

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            2 months ago

            Yeah, but of all the things to take a stand on and put energy into, this? Really?

            People are starving, kids are homeless, but this is your stance against society?

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    2 months ago

    Imagine trying to get a shopping cart through that. I imagine that’s probably a Bass Pro Shops parking lot.

    Some evil part of me would be tempted to take some chain and knit those trailer hitches together all down the line.

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    2 months ago

    Definitely don’t buy a bunch of those big elastic bands for workouts and loop the cars together in pairs.

    As a non-alternative (i.e. don’t do this either) the same pairings but with a thin rope with a self-tightening knot.

    It will break without any noticeable effort from the car, but will probably make a big bang.

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      2 months ago

      My first thought as well. Doubt any of these have locks. I don’t understand leaving it on. I travel on an RV and remove my hitch and store it as soon as the RV is disconnected.

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      2 months ago

      My first thought. I couldn’t imagine the foot pursuit, but I could imagine opening the amazon trailer hitch shop.

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      2 months ago

      Lifted trucks have to have extensions to lower the balls so they hang the right height for trailers.

      Apparently a couple of them fell in love.

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        There are different hitch ball sizes. I’ve got one lying around that has 3 ends.

        The ones in the back need extensions to the ground to match their ridiculous lift kits, otherwise the trailer would tip ass backwards.

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      2 months ago

      I had suspicions when I say the asphalt or whatever it’s called…way too flat and prestige for a parking lot. looks very fake

      • shalafi@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Y’all and your AI witch hunt are ridiculous. Just admit that you’re easily fooled, can’t tell the difference.

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            2 months ago

            I don’t see any “ai-looking” things in this pic. Each hitch belongs to a truck. There are all sorts of shapes, but walk through the average Walmart parking lot and you’ll see them all.

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              2 months ago
              1. The nearest two hitches are pixel-perfect square to the camera.
              2. The tailpipe on the first truck on the right melts into a smudge.
              3. There is almost no detail in the concrete even though all the trucks are in sharp focus.
              4. All shadows have an ethereal quality and the light seems to have an inconsistent directionality.
              5. The ball on the white truck melts into the white line behind it.
              6. The green truck behind the white truck has a fender that seems to melt into a wheel.
              7. The box on the orange truck on the left seems to be about 3’ deep.